σκίρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly reflecting a Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyr-o- (“shine, reflex”), whence also Albanian hir (“heavenly grace”), Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, lucid”)[1] and Proto-Slavic *ščirъ (“sincere, frank”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκίρον • (skíron) n (genitive σκίρου); second declension

  1. parasol, canopy, held in processions in Skiron in honour of the goddess Athena Skiras

Declension
Second declension of τὸ σκῐ́ρον; τοῦ σκῐ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σκῐ́ρον
tò skíron		 τὼ σκῐ́ρω
tṑ skírō		 τᾰ̀ σκῐ́ρᾰ
tà skíra
Genitive τοῦ σκῐ́ρου
toû skírou		 τοῖν σκῐ́ροιν
toîn skíroin		 τῶν σκῐ́ρων
tôn skírōn
Dative τῷ σκῐ́ρῳ
tôi skírōi		 τοῖν σκῐ́ροιν
toîn skíroin		 τοῖς σκῐ́ροις
toîs skírois
Accusative τὸ σκῐ́ρον
tò skíron		 τὼ σκῐ́ρω
tṑ skírō		 τᾰ̀ σκῐ́ρᾰ
tà skíra
Vocative σκῐ́ρον
skíron		 σκῐ́ρω
skírō		 σκῐ́ρᾰ
skíra
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκίρον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1354–1355

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